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Music royalty streams are attracting the interest of yield-hungry investors

October 8, 2019 Bruce Berman

How songs get distributed and owners compensated for them have upended the music industry. Through it all, copyright royalties have remained attractive – especially when

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Why a $1.6B billion law suit for non-payment of royalties is not likely to affect Spotify’s March IPO

February 12, 2018 Bruce Berman

Spotify recently filed confidential plans for an initial public offering to take place on March 31 on the New York Stock Exchange were thrown a curve

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Royalty rates paid musicians decline for some streaming services

January 29, 2018 Bruce Berman

When it comes to getting paid, the bigger streaming service is not necessarily better for most musicians and song writers. While the revenue and market

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2018 in focus: Videos from IP Awareness Summit explore better IP understanding

December 26, 2017 Bruce Berman

The IP Awareness Summit 2017 was the first IP event to focus on perception and awareness of intellectual rights and their impact. Videos of panel

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Music royalties – a siren song for niche investors seeking higher yield

August 23, 2017 Bruce Berman

A small but growing number of investors are buying the rights to musician’s future earnings, hoping to beat the fixed income returns and other markets.

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New book: tech elites’ disregard for privacy & IP must be managed

May 4, 2017 Bruce Berman

Can Internet monopolies – adept at providing at providing information – be prevented from violating the rights of individuals, businesses and IP holders, and impeding innovation?

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Licensing deal with IP rights group ends YouTube blackout in Germany – “no more red faces”

November 14, 2016 Bruce Berman

Tens of thousands of recording artists and musicians in Germany will be receiving payment for their content under the terms of agreement struck last week

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EU copyright reform – A leap forward or step back?

September 21, 2016 Bruce Berman

Reforms to copyright law proposed last week by the European Commission would put the burden on Internet companies like Google, Facebook and YouTube to prevent

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Musicians want fairer streaming fees; inventors want patent licenses

June 29, 2016 Bruce Berman

In a digital world, fair compensation for creative expression or new ideas, like music and inventions, requires more determination than ever. Intellectual property piracy has

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Angry musicians are pushing back on royalties – Will inventors follow?

November 5, 2015 Bruce Berman

Song writers may have something to teach inventors when it comes to getting a fair share for their intellectual property rights, or not.   Confusion

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Big Media is Buying into YouTube Networks; IP Battles May Loom

September 11, 2014 Bruce Berman

New sources of content created independently, produced cheaply and distributed on YouTube are challenging network and cable TV dominance. The impact on copyright and brand

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Occupy IP: New Economy Businesses Clash with Old

January 23, 2012 Bruce Berman

It May be Too Much, Too Late for Content Providers Finally Trying to Tame the Internet; a Fresh Approach is Needed [The following appears as

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Since 1988 Bruce has been working with IP holders, executives and investors, as well as more than 75 law firms and their clients. In 2016 he founded the Center for IP Understanding, an independent non-profit, www.understandingip.org. He has been on an IAM 300 Leading IP Strategist every year since 2011.

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